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A Langley technician checks the Mercury full-scale capsule model prior to testing in the 30- by 60-Foot Tunnel in 1959 at NASA Langley Research Center, Much of the research and development of the Mercury program was conducted at Langley. Originally built in the early 1930s to test full-scale aircraft, the "30 by 60" tested many of the bombers and fighter planes used in World War II. Although it was retired in October 1995, the "30 by 60" is one of NASAs largest wind tunnels... Topic: What -- Mercury Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-1996-00094&orgid=1

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A prelaunch photograph taken in the SAEF at KSC with the LDEF on the LDEF Assembly and Transport System provides an overall side view of LDEF Bays A thru F on Rows 2 thru 5 after experiment installation on the LDEF. The green tint of the photograph is the result of the SAEF II mercury vapor overhead lights. Topic: What -- Mercury Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-1994-00587&orgid=1

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Attempted recovery of Mercury spacecraft at end of the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) mission. View shows the Marine helicopter dropping a recovery line to the capsule. In the upper left corner of the view, the recovery ship and another helicopter can be seen. Topic: What -- Mercury Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=S61-02821&orgid=8

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Launching of the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) spacecraft, the U.S. first manned space flight, from Cape Canaveral on a suborbital mission. Topic: What -- Mercury Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=S61-01927&orgid=8

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Design of the Little Joe capsules began at Langley prior to the design of the Mercury capsule and was, therefore, a separate design. It was not designed to carry a man but the capsules did have to meet the weight and center of gravity requirements of Mercury and withstand the same aerodynamic loads during the path of lift-off. In comparison with the overall Mercury Project, Little Joe was a simple undertaking, The fact that an attempt was made to condense a normal two-year project into a... Topic: What -- Mercury Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-1996-00092&orgid=1

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Attempted recovery of Mercury spacecraft at end of the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) mission. View shows the Marine helicopter pulled almost to the waters surface by the weight of the capsule, which filled with water. Behind the Marine helicopter, a Navy helicopter prepares to assist. Topic: What -- Mercury Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=S61-02817&orgid=8

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Technicians attach the escape tower to the Mercury capsule prior to assembly with Little Joe (LJ1) launcher, August 20, 1959. Joseph Shortal describe this as follows (vol. 3., p. 33): "The escape tower and rocket motors were taken from the Mercury capsule production. The tower is shown being attached to the capsule.... The escape rocket was a Grand Central 1-KS-52000 motor with three canted nozzles. The tower-jettison motor was an Atlantic Research Corp. 1.4-KS-785 motor. This was the same... Topic: What -- Mercury Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-2000-00287&orgid=1

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Technicians attach the escape tower to the Mercury capsule prior to assembly with Little Joe (LJ1) launcher, August 20, 1959. Joseph Shortal describe this as follows (vol. 3., p. 33): "The escape tower and rocket motors were taken from the Mercury capsule production. The tower is shown being attached to the capsule.... The escape rocket was a Grand Central 1-KS-52000 motor with three canted nozzles. The tower-jettison motor was an Atlantic Research Corp. 1.4-KS-785 motor. This was the same... Topic: What -- Mercury Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-2000-00286&orgid=1

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Testing of the Little Joe booster on its launcher. The launcher is positioned at its normal launch angle of 80 degrees. Joseph Shortal wrote (vol. 3, p. 33): "The Little Joe booster was assembled at Wallops on its special launcher in a vertical attitude. It is shown in the [on the left] with the work platform in place. The launcher was located on a special concrete slab in Launching Area 1. The capsule was lowered onto the booster by crane.... After the assembly was completed, the... Topic: What -- Mercury Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-2000-00285&orgid=1

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Launching of the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) spacecraft, the U.S. first manned space flight, from Cape Canaveral on a suborbital mission. Topic: What -- Mercury Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=61-MR3-74&orgid=8

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The researcher is sitting above the exit cone of the 5-foot Vertical Wind Tunnel and is examining the new 6-component spinning balance. This balance was developed between 1930 and 1933. It was an important advance in the technology of rotating or rolling balances. As M.J. Bamber and C.H. Zimmerman wrote in NACA TR 456: "Data upon the aerodynamic characteristics of a spinning airplane may be obtained in several ways; namely, flight tests with full-scale airplanes, flight tests with balanced... Topic: What -- Mercury Source: http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-1999-00434&orgid=1